JP2021036678A - Information processing system and radio terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve the convenience of a user.MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM: A video device notifies a radio terminal that a camera, a microphone and a speaker of the video device is available, when video output instruction information is received from the radio device, and makes a connection to an other device over a network in the case of receiving information necessary to makes a connection to the other device over the network from the radio terminal. The radio terminal transmits authentication information to make a connection to the other device via the network, and displays a menu screen for receiving an operation input to select whether to use the camera and the microphone in a display part. If the operation input to select that the camera and the microphone are used is inputted through the menu screen, the radio terminal transmits information necessary to make the connection to the other device over the network. The information necessary to make the connection to the other device over the network to be transmitted from the radio terminal to the video device includes connection destination information on the other device represented by a URL or an IP address.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing system and a wireless terminal.

As a background technology in the present technical field, Patent Document 1 aims to "provide a projector capable of allowing a user to appropriately participate in a video conference or a remote presentation held on a network and appropriately view the video conference". As a means for achieving the purpose, "a projector connected to one or more projectors via a network, an input means for receiving an input of a video signal, and a determination for determining the presence or absence of an input of a video signal in the input means. Means, a projection means for projecting an image based on a video signal, a mode selection means for selecting a server mode and a client mode based on the determination result of the determination means, and a server mode on the network when the client mode is selected. When the video data projected by this projector is received from the projector of, the received video data is output to the projection means, and the server mode is selected, the projection means projects the projector in the client mode on the network. A projector that "transmits video data" is described.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-239966

By using the technique described in Patent Document 1, it is possible to participate in a video conference as appropriate. However, in order to participate in a video conference, a device such as a projector connects to a video conference server and transmits authentication information, which is not convenient. In addition, there are videophones and video conferences using smartphones, and authentication for this has already been done, but the cooperation between smartphones and projectors was not considered.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to improve the usability of the user.

The present invention is an information processing system including, for example, a video device that displays video and a wireless terminal that communicates with the video device and communicates with other devices via a network.
The video device
After detecting that the video output instruction information has been received from the wireless terminal, the wireless terminal is notified that the camera of the video device, the microphone of the video device, and the speaker of the video device are available. When the information necessary for connecting to the other device via the network is received from the wireless terminal, the device is connected to the other device via the network.
The wireless terminal is
Send the authentication information to connect to the other device via the network,
A menu screen for accepting an operation input for selecting whether or not to use the camera of the video device and the microphone of the video device is displayed on the display unit of the wireless terminal.
To connect to the other device via the network when an operation input for selecting to use the camera of the video device and the microphone of the video device is input via the menu screen. Send the necessary information to the video device and
When an operation input for selecting not to use the camera of the video device and the microphone of the video device is input via the menu screen, the video information captured by the camera of the wireless terminal and the radio The voice information collected by the microphone of the terminal is transmitted to the other device via the network, and the sound information is transmitted to the other device via the network.
The other equipment
From the wireless terminal, video information captured by the camera of the wireless terminal and audio information collected by the microphone of the wireless terminal are received via the network, and video information to be displayed on the wireless terminal and the radio are used. Sound information to be output by the speaker of the terminal is transmitted to the wireless terminal via the network.
The information transmitted from the wireless terminal to the video device and necessary for connecting to the other device via the network includes connection destination information of the other device represented by a URL or an IP address. , Characterized by.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the usability of the user.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a video conference. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of a projector. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of a smartphone. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the operation of the first video conferencing start which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the first screen display of a smartphone. It is a figure which shows an example of the second screen display of a smartphone. It is a figure which shows an example of the third screen display of a smartphone. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the operation of starting the 2nd video conference which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the operation of the first video conferencing start which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the operation of starting the 2nd video conference which concerns on Example 2. FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each of the following embodiments, an example is used in a system (hereinafter referred to as a video conferencing system) in which images captured by a camera and sounds collected by a microphone are mutually transmitted and received between remote terminals via a network. However, the video conferencing system is not limited to the following examples. Nor is the system limited to video conferencing systems.

In the first embodiment, when a video conferencing with a remote location is performed using a video conferencing application of a smartphone (wireless terminal), the smartphone is built in a projector and a camera and a microphone for video conferencing suitable for use by a plurality of people. , A configuration for conducting a video conference using video and audio from a speaker will be described.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the video conferencing system according to the present embodiment. The video conferencing system of this embodiment includes, for example, a projector 100, a smartphone 110, a network 120, and a video conferencing server 130. Further, the projector 100 is a device that projects an image so that it can be viewed by a large number of people. The projector 100 includes a camera 101, a microphone 102, and a speaker 112 for video conferencing.

In the example of FIG. 1, the camera 101, the microphone 102, and the speaker 112 are built in the projector 100, but if necessary, the camera 101, the microphone 102, and the speaker 112 may be externally attached to the projector 100. A plurality of 101s, microphones 102, and speakers 112 may be provided.

The projector 100 and the smartphone 110 communicate with each other via predetermined inter-device communication means built in the projector 100 and the smartphone 110. The device-to-device communication means may be one that communicates by a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) such as Wi-Fi (registered trademark), or one that communicates by a wired LAN. Further, other wired or wireless communication such as USB, Bluetooth (registered trademark), IrDA (registered trademark), NFC (Near Field Communication) may be used.

Here, Wi-Fi is a wireless LAN standard established by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standard. USB is a standard established by the USB-IF (USB Implementers Forum). Bluetooth is a standard established by the Bluetooth SIG (Bluetooth Special Interest Group).

The network 120 is a network capable of communicating between remote locations such as the Internet and an in-house network, or between in-house devices. A part or all of the network 120 may include a wireless LAN such as Wi-Fi, or may include a wired LAN. Further, the network 120 may include a mobile communication network used for a mobile phone or the like.

The video conferencing server 130 receives a request for starting a video conferencing from a terminal connected to a network 120 such as a smartphone 110, and can transmit and receive video, audio, and the like between a plurality of terminals participating in the same video conferencing. It manages connections between terminals and transfers data such as video and audio sent from each terminal. Further, the video conference server 130 may store video information of materials distributed in the video conference and distribute it to a plurality of terminals participating in the same video conference. Audio may be included in the information of the materials to be distributed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of how a user uses a video conferencing system. In the example of FIG. 2, the projector 100 is placed on a conference table surrounded by a plurality of people, and a video conference is performed using the video conference application of the smartphone 110. The smartphone 110 transmits video and audio to the projector 100, and as the video transmitted to the projector 100, the camera image of the other party of the video conference is projected on the projected image 201 of the projector 100. Further, as the sound transmitted to the projector 100, the sound collected by the microphone of the other party of the video conference is output from the speaker 112 of the projector 100.

In the example of FIG. 2, the camera image of the other party is projected on the projected image 201, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the image of the material stored in the video conferencing server 130 may be projected. It may be possible to switch by a switch omitting. Further, the projected image 201 may be divided into two, and the camera image of the other party and the image of the material may be projected at the same time.

The video captured by the camera 101 built in the projector 100 and the sound collected by the microphone 102 are transmitted to the smartphone 110 and input to the video conferencing application of the smartphone 110. The camera 101 may image the imaging range 202 for the participants of the video conference, or may have a plurality of imaging ranges 202 so as to image each part of many participants.

Further, the camera 101 may capture an imaging range 203 including the projected image 201. The image of the material is projected on the projected image 201, and the participant points to a specific part of the material to explain it, or overwrites a part of the material to explain it to the other party of the video conference. The content becomes easier to convey. The imaging range 202 and the imaging range 203 of the camera 101 may be switched by a switch (not shown), the camera 101 may be physically movable, and the imaging range 202 and the imaging range 203 may be switched. Both may be capable of imaging at the same time.

Further, the camera 101 may take an image of a paper material, a sample product, or the like placed on the conference table as an imaging range.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the projector 100. The projector 100 includes, for example, a camera 101, a microphone 102, a video / audio input unit 103, a control unit 104, a memory 105, a video decoding / output unit 107, a display unit 109, an audio decoding / output unit 111, a speaker 112, and a communication unit 113. It has an antenna 114, an operation input unit 115, a video input / coding unit 116, an audio input / coding unit 117, an input terminal 118, and the like, and each unit is connected via a bus as shown in FIG.

The control unit 104 receives information on the user's input operation via the operation input unit 115 by executing various programs 106 stored in the memory 105, including a processor, for example, and each unit connected to the bus of the projector 100. To control. For example, the control unit 104 reads a program in various programs 106 from the memory 105, controls the video input / coding unit 116 and the communication unit 113 according to the read program, and inputs the video captured by the camera 101 to the video. -The coding unit 116 inputs, encodes, and controls the communication unit 113 to transmit.

Further, the control unit 104 is a System (System-on-a-Chip), and separates video and audio information input from the video / audio input unit 103 into audio information and video information in addition to the processor, and audio. A circuit for outputting to the decoding / output unit 111 and the video decoding / output unit 107 may be provided. The details of the control of each part of the projector 100 of the control unit 104 by executing various programs 106 will be omitted, and the operation of the projector 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 7.

The memory 105 stores various programs 106 executed by the control unit 104, data written and read by the control unit 104, and the like. The setting information, video data, and audio data of the projector 100 may be stored. The various programs 106 stored in the memory 105 may be stored in the memory 105 in advance when the projector 100 is shipped, or are stored in a recording medium such as a semiconductor memory and are stored in a recording medium such as a semiconductor memory via a medium connection portion (not shown). It may be stored in memory 105 and installed.

Further, the various programs 106 may be downloaded from the external network via the communication unit 113, stored in the memory 105, and installed. The operation by the control unit 104 executing the various programs 106 may be realized by hardware as a circuit that performs the same operation.

The communication unit 113 communicates with the smartphone 110 via the antenna 114 according to a predetermined standard or protocol. The standard used by the communication unit 113 may be a wireless LAN such as Wi-Fi or a wired LAN. Further, other wired or wireless communication such as USB, Bluetooth, IrDA, NFC, etc. may be used, or the communication may be configured to directly communicate without going through the network 120. Further, the communication unit 113 may be equipped with a plurality of chips that support communication of different standards, or may be equipped with one chip that supports communication of a plurality of standards.

The communication unit 113 outputs the video and audio information received by the antenna 114 to the video and audio input unit 103, and receives the video and audio information input from the video input / encoding unit 116 and the audio input / encoding unit 117 as an antenna. It is transmitted from 114. The video and audio information received by the antenna 114 may be output to the bus.

The video / audio input unit 103 inputs video and audio information projected by the projector 100 from the input terminal 118. This may be for the original use of projecting the input image of the projector 100, not for the use as a video conference, or for inputting the materials referred to in the video conference from a personal computer or the like. It may be used as. Therefore, the video / audio input unit 103 may output the video / audio information to the bus in addition to outputting the video / audio information to the control unit 104.

The input terminal 118 is, for example, a composite terminal, an S terminal, a D terminal, a component terminal, a VGA terminal, a DVI terminal, an HDMI terminal, or the like. When the input from the input terminal 118 is an analog signal, the video / audio input unit 103 may convert the analog signal into a digital signal. Further, the video / audio input unit 103 may select the input from the input terminal 118 and the input from the communication unit 113, or may combine them.

When the video / audio input unit 103 outputs video or audio information to the bus, the communication unit 113 may input via the bus and transmit the information from the antenna 114. At this time, video information or audio information may be selected. For example, the video information of the material is transferred from the video / audio input unit 103 to the communication unit 113, and the audio input / encoding unit 117 is transmitted from the microphone 102. The voice information of the conference participants may be transferred to the communication unit 113 via the communication unit 113.

The video decoding / output unit 107 decodes the video information input from the control unit 104 as necessary and outputs it to the display unit 109. For example, the video information received by the communication unit 113 is compressed / encoded and decoded and output, and the video information input from the input terminal 118 is not compressed / encoded and is output as it is. May be good. Whether or not to decode may be controlled by the control unit 104. Note that a part of the video information output by the video decoding / output unit 107 may be the video information generated by the control unit 104 by executing various programs 106.

The display unit 109 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal panel, an optical lens, or the like, and projects an image on a screen or the like. The image projection structure may be DLP (registered trademark: Digital Light Processing), a laser light source, or the like, or may be another image projection structure. Further, the display unit 109 may include a liquid crystal panel or the like that does not project an image.

The voice decoding / output unit 111 decodes the voice information input from the control unit 104 as necessary and outputs it to the speaker 112. For example, the voice information received by the communication unit 113 is compressed / encoded and decoded and output, and the voice information input from the input terminal 118 is not compressed / encoded and is output as it is. May be good. Whether or not to decode may be controlled by the control unit 104. The audio information output by the audio decoding / output unit 111 may be output to an external device (not shown) instead of the speaker 112.

It is desirable that the speaker 112 is omnidirectional and generates a sound having a sufficient volume for a conference. It is desirable that the microphone 102 is omnidirectional and has a sensitivity of collecting the voices of the participants at the conference table. The speaker 112 and the microphone 102 may be focused on the frequency band of voice. Further, a plurality of speakers 112 and microphones 102 may be provided in order to make them omnidirectional or the like. The voice input / coding unit 117 inputs voice information converted into an electric signal by the microphone 102, encodes it in order to compress the amount of information, and outputs it to the communication unit 113 via a bus.

The camera 101 captures the imaging ranges 202 and 203, converts the captured video into an electric signal, and inputs the captured video to the video input / coding unit 116. A plurality of cameras 101 may be provided according to the imaging ranges 202, 203, etc., and a plurality of cameras 101 may be connected to the video input / coding unit 116. Further, the camera 101 may be attached to the projector 100 in a physically movable structure.

The video input / coding unit 116 inputs video information converted into an electric signal by the camera 101, encodes it in order to compress the amount of information, and outputs it to the communication unit 113 via a bus. When the video input / coding unit 116 is connected to a plurality of cameras 101 and video information is input from each of the plurality of cameras 101, the input of the plurality of cameras 101 may be selected or combined. ..

The operation input unit 115 is an input device that receives an input operation from the user to the projector 100, and is, for example, a remote controller, a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse or a touch panel, or the like.

In the example of FIG. 3, the structure of the projector 100 has been described, but instead of projecting an image as the display unit 109, a display for displaying an image is used, and each structure described with reference to FIG. 3 for a television receiver and a display device. May be provided. That is, the projected image 201 shown in FIG. 2 may be a television receiver, and the projector 100 may be included in the television receiver. In this configuration of the television receiver, the camera 101 that captures the imaging range 202 may be provided, and the camera 101 that captures the imaging range 203 may not be provided. Instead of the camera 101 that captures the imaging range 203, the television receiver is used. A touch panel or the like may be provided.

Further, the display unit 109 and the speaker 112 are removed from the configuration shown in FIG. 3, and instead, they are provided with output terminals, respectively, and are configured by an STB (set-top box), a recorder, or the like that does not directly display video or output audio. You may. Further, instead of the projector 100, a personal computer, a monitor device, a tablet terminal or the like having each configuration shown in FIG. 3 may be used.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the smartphone 110. The smartphone 110 has, for example, a camera 405, a microphone 406, a control unit 400, a memory 403, a display unit 401, an operation input unit 402, a communication unit 407, a communication antenna 408, a mobile communication unit 409, a mobile communication antenna 410, and the like. , As shown in FIG. 4, each part is connected via a bus.

The control unit 400 reads and executes various programs 412 stored in the memory 403 including the processor, and controls each part of the smartphone 110 via the hass. The control unit 400 is a SoC and may include a circuit related to video and audio processing. The display unit 401 may be a liquid crystal panel, an organic EL (Electroluminescence) display, or the like, and may be integrated with the touch panel of the operation input unit 402. The camera 405 images a specific direction of the smartphone 110, the microphone 406 collects the sound around the smartphone 110, and the speaker 411 outputs the sound.

The communication unit 407 communicates with the projector 100 via the communication antenna 408 according to a predetermined standard or protocol. The communication standard is a standard capable of communicating with the projector 100. Since the mobile communication unit 409 communicates with the network 120 via the mobile communication antenna 410 and a base station for mobile communication (not shown), it conforms to the standards for mobile communication such as 3G, 4G, and LTE. Communication may be performed.

Further, since the mobile communication unit 409 communicates with the network 120 via the mobile communication antenna 410 and an access point (not shown), even if the mobile communication unit 409 communicates according to the wireless LAN standard such as Wi-Fi. Good. Further, the mobile communication unit 409 may communicate with the network 120 via a wired LAN via a terminal (not shown) instead of the mobile communication antenna 410, and a plurality of chips supporting communication of different standards are mounted. It may be mounted, or one chip that supports communication of a plurality of standards may be mounted.

Various programs 412 stored in the memory 403 include a video conferencing application. The video conferencing application may be a program such as a videophone (videophone), or may be a telephone application program using the display unit 401, the camera 405, the microphone 406, or the like. Further, the various programs 412 may include an OS (Operating System) and a presentation application.

Hereinafter, an operation example when a video conference is started using the smartphone 110 and the camera 101, the microphone 102, and the speaker 112 of the projector 100 are used for the video conference will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of starting the video conference according to the first embodiment. The operation of starting a video conference is to start a video conference via the video conference server 130 by using the video conference application of the smartphone 110, and display the display unit 109 and the speaker of the projector 100 on the video and audio received from the video conference server 130. This is a sequence up to the use of the camera 101 and the microphone 102 of the projector 100 for the video and audio transmitted to the video conferencing server 130 using the 112.

6A, 6B, and 6C are diagrams showing an example of the screen display of the smartphone 110, respectively. In the sequence described with reference to FIG. 5, the smartphone 110 displays a screen described with reference to FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6C. The camera 405, the microphone 406, and the display unit 401 in FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6C are as described with reference to FIG. 4, and the operation input unit 402 is integrated with the display unit 401 to form the display unit 401. The operation is input by touching the display of.

Step 500: The smartphone 110 displays a plurality of icons on the display unit 401 as shown in FIG. 6A, detects that the user has selected (touched) the icon 601 of the video conferencing application, and starts the video conferencing application. To do.

Step 501: The smartphone 110 displays a screen prompting the input of the conference ID, account password (authentication information), etc. for the video conference to be participated in on the display unit 401, and the conference ID, account password, etc. are input by the user. Then, the input conference ID, account password, and the like are transmitted to the video conference server 130 to request connection to the video conference.

Step 502: The video conference server 130 receives the request from the smartphone 110, and starts the connection process with the terminal participating in the same video conference based on the received conference ID, account password, and the like.
Step 503: The video conference server 130 establishes a connection with a terminal participating in the same video conference as the video conference requested by the smartphone 110, and notifies the smartphone 110 that the connection has been established.

Step 504: The smartphone 110 starts processing a video conference using the camera 405, the microphone 406, and the speaker 411 of the smartphone 110.
Step 505: The smartphone 110 transmits the video captured by the camera 405 and the sound collected by the microphone 406 to the video conferencing server 130. Further, the video and audio of another terminal sent from the video conference server 130 are received, the video is displayed on the display unit 401, and the audio is output by the speaker 411.

Step 506: The video conference server 130 transfers the video and audio received from the smartphone 110 to the terminals participating in the same conference. In addition, the video and audio received from the terminals participating in the same conference are transferred to the smartphone 110.
Step 507: The smartphone 110 displays the video output destination setting menu 602 on the display unit 401 as shown in FIG. 6B, detects that the user has selected (touched) the “projector”, and the communication unit 407 detects that the “projector” has been selected (touched) by the user. The transmission of the display screen is started at 100. The video output destination setting menu 602 may be displayed when the video conferencing application is started, or may be displayed when a specific menu of the video conferencing application is selected.

Step 508: When the projector 100 detects the reception of the display screen from the smartphone 110 by the communication unit 113, the projector 100 starts displaying the received display screen and proceeds to step 509.
Step 509: The projector 100 notifies the smartphone 110 by the communication unit 113 that the camera 101, the microphone 102, and the speaker 112 of the projector 100 are available.

Step 510: When the smartphone 110 receives the notification of step 509 from the projector 100, the camera / microphone / speaker usage confirmation menu 603 is displayed on the display unit 401 as shown in FIG. 6C, and “Yes” is selected (touched) by the user. ) Is detected, the process proceeds to step 511, and when it is detected that "No" is selected (touched), the video conferencing start operation ends.

Step 511: Since "Yes" is selected in the camera / microphone / speaker usage confirmation menu 603, the smartphone 110 notifies the projector 100 of the use of the camera 101, the microphone 102, and the speaker 112 by the communication unit 407.
Step 512: When the projector 100 receives the notification of step 511 from the smartphone 110 in the communication unit 113, the projector 100 starts imaging and sound collection using the camera 101 and the microphone 102 of the projector 100.

Step 513: The projector 100 starts transmitting the image captured by the camera 101 of the projector 100 and the microphone 102 and the sound collected by the communication unit 113 to the smartphone 110, and starts receiving the sound from the smartphone 110 to the speaker 112. To be able to output with.
Step 514: The smartphone 110 starts receiving video and audio from the projector 100 at the communication unit 407, and starts transmitting audio to the projector 100.

Step 515: The smartphone 110 switches the video and audio transmitted to the video conferencing server 130 from those obtained by the camera 405 and microphone 406 of the smartphone 110 to the video and audio received from the projector 100, and from the video conferencing server 130. The received sound is switched from the output of the speaker 411 of the smartphone 110 to the transmission of the sound to the projector 100.

As described above, when a video conference is started using the application used in the smartphone 110 and the smartphone 110 outputs an image to the projector 100, the projector 100 uses the projector camera 101 and the microphone 102. The smartphone 110 is notified that the speaker 112 is available, and cooperation can be easily performed.

Then, the smartphone 110 uses the video and audio obtained by the camera 101 and the microphone 102 of the projector 100 for the video conference, and the speaker 112 is used for the sound of the video conference. By using the application, it becomes possible to use a camera, a microphone and a speaker suitable for video conferencing, and it is possible to improve the convenience of the user.

In addition, since the information of the smartphone 110 can be used as the information (authentication information, password, etc.) for participating in the video conference, it is easy to input the information, and special special information is not required, which is widespread. It will be easier to use the participation procedure.

In the example of the sequence shown in FIG. 5, after starting the video conference (step 504) on the smartphone 110, the video output to the projector 100 and the use of the camera 101, the microphone 102, and the speaker 112 of the projector 100 are started. It is not limited to the sequence.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, before starting the video conferencing on the smartphone 110 (step 714), the video is output from the smartphone 110 to the projector 100 (step 701), and the video conferencing application is started (step 705). At that time, the camera 101, the microphone 102, and the speaker 112 of the projector 100 may be available.

Steps 701 to 703 of FIG. 7 correspond to steps 507 to 509 of FIG. 5, and the smartphone 110 receives the notification in step 704. After that, when the video conferencing application of the smartphone 110 is started in step 705, the smartphone 110 executes step 706 based on the notification received in advance in step 704. Steps 707 to 710 correspond to steps 511 to 514, and steps 711 to 714 correspond to steps 501 to 504.

Steps 715 to 716 correspond to steps 505 to 506. In step 505, the camera 405 of the smartphone 110 or the like is used, whereas in step 715, if step 710 is already executed, the camera of the projector 100 101 and the like are used.

Further, when the smartphone 110 outputs the screen of an application such as a presentation application that does not require the use of a camera, a microphone, and a speaker to the projector 100, the camera / microphone / speaker usage confirmation menu 603 as shown in FIG. 6C. Is not displayed, and the camera / microphone / speaker usage confirmation menu 603 is displayed only when an application that requires the use of the camera and microphone, such as a video conference application, is displayed. Convenience can be enhanced.

The communication unit 113 of the projector 100 and the communication unit 407 of the smartphone 110 may be capable of communicating in advance by, for example, pairing with Bluetooth or an operation equivalent thereto. Further, the video output from the smartphone 110 to the projector 100 may be the video output by executing the OS of the smartphone 110.

In step 701, the video is not limited as long as it can be output by executing the OS, but the output is the same as the video displayed on the display unit 401 of the smartphone 110, for example. You may. Therefore, the mirror image of the display unit 401 of the smartphone 110 may be projected by the projector 100.

As a video conferencing system, a configuration for participating in a video conference by communicating with a video conference server 130 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, the video conference server 130 may not exist, and the smartphone 110 may be a P2P (point-to-point) connection that directly communicates with a terminal participating in the video conference via the network 120.

Hereinafter, Example 2 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10. In the first embodiment, the projector 100 transmitted the video and audio via the smartphone 110, but in the second embodiment, the smartphone 110 is used to participate in the video conference, and the projector 100 transmits the video and audio without going through the smartphone 110. Send. The same configuration as in the first embodiment will be omitted in detail, and a different configuration will be described in particular.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the video conferencing system according to the second embodiment. The difference from the first embodiment is that the projector 100 can directly communicate with the network 120. As a result, the projector 100 transmits the video captured by the camera 101 and the sound collected by the microphone 102 to the video conferencing server 130 via the network 120.

The configuration of the projector 100 is as described with reference to FIG. 3, but the communication unit 113 of the projector 100 may communicate with the network 120 via an access point or the like in addition to communicating with the communication unit 407 of the smartphone 110. .. Further, the projector 100 may be provided with a mobile communication unit or a wired communication unit (not shown) to communicate with the network 120. The configuration of the smartphone 110 is as described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing an example of the operation of starting the video conference according to the second embodiment. Steps 900 to 910 of FIG. 9 correspond to steps 500 to 510 of FIG. Hereinafter, steps 911 and subsequent steps in which the operation differs from the sequence diagram of FIG. 5 will be described.

Step 911: Since "Yes" is selected in the camera / microphone usage confirmation menu, the smartphone 110 transmits video and audio using the camera 405 and microphone 406 of the smartphone 110 being transmitted to the video conference server 130. Suspend. Further, along with this interruption, the transfer of the video and audio received from the smartphone 110 in the video conference server 130 to another terminal is interrupted.

Step 912: The smartphone 110 transmits to the projector 100 the connection destination of the video conference server 130 and information necessary for connecting to the video conference such as the conference ID and account password (authentication information), and transmits video and audio to the video conference server. Instruct 130 to send. The connection destination of the video conference server 130 may be information represented by an IP address, a URL, or the like.

Step 913: The projector 100 receives the connection destination of the video conference server 130 and information necessary for connecting to the video conference such as the conference ID and the account password, and captures and collects images using the camera 101 and the microphone 102 of the projector 100. Start the sound.

Step 914: The projector 100 connects to the video conferencing server 130 using the connection destination of the video conferencing server 130 received from the smartphone 110 and information necessary for connecting to the video conferencing such as the conference ID and account password, and the projector Transmission of the video captured by the 100 cameras 101 and the microphone 102 and the collected sound is started.
Step 915: The video conferencing server 130 resumes the transfer of video and audio to other terminals participating in the same conference by using the video and audio received from the projector 100.

As described above, when a video conference is started using the application used by the smartphone 110 or the like and the smartphone 110 outputs an image to the projector 100, the projector 100 uses the camera 101 and the microphone of the projector 100 as a trigger. The smartphone 110 is notified that 102 is available, and cooperation can be easily performed.

Then, by instructing the projector 100 to transmit the video and audio obtained by the camera 101 and the microphone 102 of the projector 100 to the video conferencing server 130, the smartphone 110 and the smartphone 110 that the user uses on a daily basis. By using the application, the camera 101 and the microphone 102 suitable for video conferencing can be used, and the convenience of the user can be improved.

Further, by directly transmitting the video and audio during the video conference from the projector 100 to the video conference server 130, the amount of communication data via the mobile communication network of the smartphone 110 can be reduced, and the convenience of the user can be improved. ..

In the example of the sequence shown in FIG. 9, after starting the video conference (step 904) on the smartphone 110, the video output to the projector 100 and the use of the camera 101 and the microphone 102 of the projector 100 are started, but the sequence is limited to this sequence. It is not something that is done.

For example, as shown in FIG. 10, before starting the video conferencing on the smartphone 110 (step 1009), the video is output from the smartphone 110 to the projector 100 (step 1001), and the video conferencing application is started (step 1005). At that time, the camera 101 and the microphone 102 of the projector 100 may be available.

Steps 1001 to 1003 of FIG. 10 correspond to steps 907 to 909 of FIG. 9, and the smartphone 110 receives the notification in step 1004. Then, in step 1005, the video conferencing application of the smartphone 110 is started. Steps 1006 to 1009 correspond to steps 901 to 904, and the smartphone 110 executes step 1010 based on the notification received in advance in step 1004.

Steps 1011 to 1014 correspond to steps 912 to 915. Further, step 1015 corresponds to step 905, and the smartphone 110 uses the camera 405 and the microphone 406 of the smartphone 110.

Further, when the smartphone 110 outputs the screen of an application such as a presentation application that does not require the use of a camera and a microphone to the projector 100, the camera / microphone usage confirmation menu as shown in FIG. 6C is not displayed. , The camera / microphone usage confirmation menu is displayed only when an application that requires the use of a camera and microphone, such as a video conferencing application, is displayed, so the user's convenience can be improved without the hassle of displaying the menu. it can.

It should be noted that a part of the configuration of each embodiment described above may be deleted or replaced with a part of the configuration of another embodiment, and one of the configurations of other embodiments may be added to the configuration of each embodiment. You may add a part.

100 Projector 101 Camera 102 Microphone 110 Smartphone 112 Speaker 120 Network 130 Video Conferencing Server 405 Camera 406 Microphone

Claims (4)

An information processing system including a video device that displays video and a wireless terminal that communicates with the video device and communicates with other devices via a network.
The video device
After detecting that the video output instruction information has been received from the wireless terminal, the wireless terminal is notified that the camera of the video device, the microphone of the video device, and the speaker of the video device are available. When the information necessary for connecting to the other device via the network is received from the wireless terminal, the device is connected to the other device via the network.
The wireless terminal is
Send the authentication information to connect to the other device via the network,
A menu screen for accepting an operation input for selecting whether or not to use the camera of the video device and the microphone of the video device is displayed on the display unit of the wireless terminal.
To connect to the other device via the network when an operation input for selecting to use the camera of the video device and the microphone of the video device is input via the menu screen. Send the necessary information to the video device and
When an operation input for selecting not to use the camera of the video device and the microphone of the video device is input via the menu screen, the video information captured by the camera of the wireless terminal and the radio The voice information collected by the microphone of the terminal is transmitted to the other device via the network, and the sound information is transmitted to the other device via the network.
The other equipment
From the wireless terminal, video information captured by the camera of the wireless terminal and audio information collected by the microphone of the wireless terminal are received via the network, and video information to be displayed on the wireless terminal and the radio are used. Sound information to be output by the speaker of the terminal is transmitted to the wireless terminal via the network.
The information transmitted from the wireless terminal to the video device and necessary for connecting to the other device via the network includes connection destination information of the other device represented by a URL or an IP address. ,
An information processing system characterized by this. The information processing system according to claim 1.
The camera of the video device captures images including the video displayed by the video device.
The other device is an information processing system characterized by being a video conference server. The information processing system according to claim 2.
The authentication information is an information processing system including information on participation in a video conference. A wireless terminal that communicates with a video device that displays video and communicates with other devices via a network.
Information on the video to be displayed is received from the other device via the network and transmitted to the video device.
Whether to use the camera of the video device and the microphone of the video device after receiving the notification from the video device that the camera of the video device and the microphone of the video device are available. A menu screen for accepting operation input for selecting is displayed on the display unit of the wireless terminal.
To connect to the other device via the network when an operation input for selecting to use the camera of the video device and the microphone of the video device is input via the menu screen. Send the necessary information to the video device and
When an operation input for selecting not to use the camera of the video device and the microphone of the video device is input via the menu screen, the video information captured by the camera of the wireless terminal and the radio The voice information collected by the microphone of the terminal is transmitted to the other device via the network.
The information required to connect to the other device via the network includes the connection destination information of the other device represented by a URL or an IP address.
A wireless terminal characterized by that.

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